Alfonso Medinilla, a Belgian national, is a Policy Officer in ECDPM’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation and European External Affairs programmes and the Institutional Relations team.

He has worked on the implementation of the EU’s engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in its external action and was part of the core team of ECDPM which conducted a political economy analysis of EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) relations.

Before joining ECDPM, Alfonso worked briefly at the European Commission’s DG EuropeAid and UNDP’s Brussels office. He also has degrees from the University of Leuven and the University of Ghent.